Constantinople, Column of Marcian, inscription

Description	Constantinople, Column of Marcian, inscription
Details	The inscription, in bronze letters, was above the representation of the globe and the Nikes; the bronze has been removed, but we can still read the elegiac verses, which are known as CIL 3.738). PRINCIPIS HANC STATVAM MARCIANI CERNE TORVMQVE PRAEFECTVS VOVIT QVOD TATIANVS OPVS Which means Observe this statue of the Emperor Marcian and its column, a work devoted by the prefect Tatianus.
Date	455 CE
Inscriptionnr	EDCS-27100013
Creator	Jona Lendering
Licence	CC0 1.0 Universal
Linked	Constantinople, Column of Marcian
Categories	Byzantium, Roman Empire
Tags	Monument

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